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Book Synopsis
Using Racial Threat Theory arguments, this book demonstrates that American states with larger or growing Black and Hispanic populations have more restricted voting, and that these restrictive voting laws disproportionately demobilize these populations in predictable ways.

Trade Review
The Cost of Voting Index (COVI) developed by the authors is a very useful resource that will benefit the field for years. In addition to developing this metric, the authors have convincingly demonstrated that voting restrictions are more likely in diversifying states and that efforts to expand access to the polls do not compromise election integrity. A must-read for students of voting and electoral reform." - Elliott Fullmer, associate professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College and author of Tuesday’s Gone: America’s Early Voting Revolution

Table of Contents

  • Introduction

  • 1. A Brief History of Voting Restrictions in the United States
  • 2. The Changing Nature of State Election Law
  • 3. Falling Behind or Jumping Ahead: Movement in the State Cost of Voting Rank
  • 4. Minority Populations, Republicans, and the COVI
  • 5. The COVI and Reported Voter Turnout
  • 6. Minority Candidate Electoral Success and the Underrepresentation of Minorities and Women
  • 7. the First Big Lie: Accessible Voting Leads to Widespread Voter Fraud
  • 8. The Second Big Lie: More Convenient Voting Helps Democrats
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • A: Measurement Challenges and Omitted Variables
  • B: More Specifics on Constructing the Cost of Voting Index
  • C: Sensitivity Analysis
  • D: Construct Validity Check, the COVI, and State Voter Turnout
  • E: 4 Tables

    F: State COVI Values by Presidential Election

  • G: 5 Tables
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

The Cost of Voting in the American States

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      Publisher MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Published 12/30/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780700635924
      978-0700635924
      ISBN-10 0700635920
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      Regional, state and other local government Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using Racial Threat Theory arguments, this book demonstrates that American states with larger or growing Black and Hispanic populations have more restricted voting, and that these restrictive voting laws disproportionately demobilize these populations in predictable ways.

      Trade Review
      The Cost of Voting Index (COVI) developed by the authors is a very useful resource that will benefit the field for years. In addition to developing this metric, the authors have convincingly demonstrated that voting restrictions are more likely in diversifying states and that efforts to expand access to the polls do not compromise election integrity. A must-read for students of voting and electoral reform." - Elliott Fullmer, associate professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College and author of Tuesday’s Gone: America’s Early Voting Revolution

      Table of Contents

      • Introduction

      • 1. A Brief History of Voting Restrictions in the United States
      • 2. The Changing Nature of State Election Law
      • 3. Falling Behind or Jumping Ahead: Movement in the State Cost of Voting Rank
      • 4. Minority Populations, Republicans, and the COVI
      • 5. The COVI and Reported Voter Turnout
      • 6. Minority Candidate Electoral Success and the Underrepresentation of Minorities and Women
      • 7. the First Big Lie: Accessible Voting Leads to Widespread Voter Fraud
      • 8. The Second Big Lie: More Convenient Voting Helps Democrats
      • Conclusion
      • Appendices
      • A: Measurement Challenges and Omitted Variables
      • B: More Specifics on Constructing the Cost of Voting Index
      • C: Sensitivity Analysis
      • D: Construct Validity Check, the COVI, and State Voter Turnout
      • E: 4 Tables

        F: State COVI Values by Presidential Election

      • G: 5 Tables
      • Notes
      • Works Cited
      • Index

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